New here-advice needed please - Asthma Community ...

Asthma Community Forum

22,603 members24,931 posts

New here-advice needed please

0 Replies

Hi

I am new to the forum. i am concerned about my 2 year old son. He has been diagnosed with asthma and has his brown inhaler twice a day and blue inhaler as and when needed. My concern is that for the last year and half he has been ill on and off. His symptoms have always been the same, wheezing, coughing, temperature, and ""flemy"" stuff in his throat. He seems to continously cough and eventually he is sick which relieves some of the flem which congests in his throat but a few hours later its bad again. Even when he is well you can still hear there is a small amount of flem in his throat. He is usually like this every month and sometimes more than once a month. We take him to the dr every time but they always put it down to being a virus and wont give him anything for it. I did take him to the asthma nurse a couple of months ago which is when he was diagnosed with asthma. We just get really concerned about him because there are many times when he is just constantly coughing and unable to stop.When he breathes his chest also caves in which doesnt look very good at all. Is this anything unusual? Persoanlly i think he should be under a consultant or peadiatrian but my gp just doesnt seem to think its anything and we just feel like we are constantly banging our heads against a brick wall!

Is there anything we can do to get him seen or are we being over cautious?

Any help or advice will be grately appreciated!

Claire

Read more about...

Not what you're looking for?

You may also like...

Query asthma- advice needed

Good evening. I have three children, the oldest is 12 and was diagnosed with asthma shortly after...

Help and advice needed for son

My son is nearly 11 and I’m writing to see if anyone might have had similar issues to him and for...
Aslan139 profile image

Advice needed please

Hi, my names Hayley and i'm new to the forums, i apologise in advance but i suspect this post will...

Parent new to Asthma

Hi, My 4 year old son has been regularly seeing doctors for almost 3 years. About once a month he...

Oh PLEASE help, so desperate.

Hi all, I'm losing tonnes of weight over this vile illness, (and sleep) my hubby and I are at...

Moderation team

See all
Lysistrata profile image
LysistrataAdministrator
Homely2 profile image
Homely2Administrator
ALUK_Nurses profile image
ALUK_NursesAdministrator

Content on HealthUnlocked does not replace the relationship between you and doctors or other healthcare professionals nor the advice you receive from them.

Never delay seeking advice or dialling emergency services because of something that you have read on HealthUnlocked.